Hay and stock rack



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G. E. SGHAIRE-R.

HAY AND STOGKRAOK.

No. 489,094. Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

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GEORGE E. SCHAIRER, OF SALINE, MICHIGAN.

HAY AND STOCK RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,094, dated January3, 1893.

Application filed December 12, 1891. Serial No. 414,852. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SOHAIRER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Saline, in the county of VVashtenaw and State ofMichigamhave invented a new and useful Hay and Stock Rack, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hay and stock racks.

The object of the present invention is to s mplify and improve theconstruction of hay and stock racks, and to provide one which may bereadily attached to and removed from a wagon body, and which may bereadily ad justed to the desired pitch or inclination.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described illustrated 1n theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawingsFigure l is a perspective v ew of a portion of a wagonbody provided with a rack constructed in accordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the rack in a vertical position.Fig. 3 1s a transverse sectional View. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveView of the adjustable stop and keeper.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspondlng parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a rack composed of horizontal slats 2 and cross-bars 3connecting the slats and hinged at their inner ends by plates 4 andclips 5 to the upper edge of a side 6 of a Wagon body 7. The clips 5 areU shaped with angular bends, and fit over the upper edge of the side 6,and conform closely to the same, and are connected to the upper ends ofinclined braces 8, which extend downward and outward from the upper edgeof the side 6, and have their lower ends arranged in openings 9 ofprojecting ends of bottom cleats 10, whereby the side section of therack may be readily removed from the body by lifting the clip 5 from theupper edge of the side 6, and withdrawing the stationary braces from theopening 9 of the bottom cleats 10. The cross pieces 3 of the rack arehinged to the clips by pintles 11 which pass through projectingperforated ends of the plates at, and through eyes of the clips.

The rack is supported at the desired pitch or inclination by adjustablebraces 12 which are composed of tubular sections 13,and rods 14 arrangedto telescope in the tubular sections. The lower ends of the rods 1d arehinged to the stationary braces 8, and the upper ends of the tubularsections are provided with loops 15 which are hinged in eyes 16 ofadjustable plates 17 secured to the crosspieces 3 of the rack, wherebythe telescoping braces are adapted to adjust themselves to the pitch orinclination of the rack. The lower end of the inclined stationary braceS is provided with a lug 18, which forms astop to prevent the bracessinking in the openings 9 too far, and which is provided with an openingto receive the lower end of the rod 14, and the latter is pivotedtherein by a piutle 19.

The adjustable plate 17 is provided with an opening 20, in which arearranged screws 21 which secure the plate in place, and the plate 17 isadapted to be adjusted along the crosspiece 3 to arrange the rack at thedesired pitch or inclination, and to remove the strain to a certainextent from the upper edge of the side 6, and to bring the weight moredirectly upon the projecting ends of the bottom cleats of the wagonbody. The rack is also secured in its adjustment by an adjustable stopand keeper 23 arranged at the ends of the wagon body and comprising aplate 24 having an angular bend 25 to form a stop, and to provide aspace or way for the projecting end of an end cross-bar 2G. The lowerend of the plate is provided with a threaded shank 27 which passesthrough the bottom of a wagon body and is secured thereto by a nut 28,and the upper end of the plate is provided with a longitudinal slot 29,in which is arranged a bolt 30 which secures the upper end of the plateto the end gate or board of the wagon body. By means of the threadedshank 27 and the nut 28 the plate may be adjusted vertically to raiseand lower the stop, and thereby regulate the pitch or inclination of therack.

In order to prevent the rack being accidentally lifted from the body, ahook 31 and a loop 32 are provided; the former is arranged on the endcross-bar 26, and the latter is elongated and is secured to a blockarranged on the upper end of the side 6 of the wagon body. This hook 31and the loop or staple 32 also prevent the rack swinging inward whenarranged in a vertical position.

It will be seen that simple and inexpensive means are provided foradjusting the rack at the desired inclination,and that the rack may bereadily removed from and attached to a wagon body without the use ofnuts.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a wagon body and a rack hingedto the body at the upper edge thereof, of a telescopic bracehingedlyconnected at its lower end with the body at the bottom thereofand having its upper end adj ustably secured to the rack, said bracehaving its sections loosely sliding on each other, whereby the rack maybe readily lifted to a vertical position and when lowered willautomatically assume its proper inclined position, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with awagon body and a rack hinged to the body at theupper edge thereof,0f an adjustable plate provided with a longitudinalslot and having an eye and arranged on the rack, a screw adjustablysecuring the plate to the rack, and a telescoping brace hingedlyconnected at its lower end with the bottom of the body, and having itsupper end hinged to they eye of said plate, said brace having itssections loosely sliding on each other whereby the rack maybe raised toa vertical position and will automatically assume its proper inclinedposition, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a body and a rack hinged at the upper edgethereof, of a stationary inclined brace, an adjustable plate arranged onthe rack and provided with a longitudinal slot and having an eye at itsouter end, a screw adjustably securing the plate to the rack andarranged in said slot, a lug fixed to the inclined brace near thelowerend thereof, and a telescoping brace hinged at its lower end to said lugand having its upper end hinged to the eye of the adjustable plate andhaving its sections loosely sliding on each other wherebythe rack may beraised to a Vertical position, and when lowered will automaticallyassume its proper inclined position, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a wagon body, an adjustable stop and keeperarranged at one end of the same and comprising a plate having an angularbend to form a stop and provided with a threaded shank passingthroughthe bottom of the body, a nut arranged on the threaded shank, a boltarranged in a longitudinal slot on the upper end of the plate, and arack hinged to the body and provided with an end bar having its innerend arranged in the keeper, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the fdregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. SOHAIRER.

Witn esses J. F. WEIssINeER, E. RUCKMAN.

